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but there is a big difference between how people perceive small businesses and big corporations. small businesses are some of the most popular things in our polling. big corporations get 25% favorable. it is politically wise to go after the oil corporations and the big banks. they have been getting a break for years. but they need to make sure that they are not paying too broadly of russia's anti-business. they want to major that none of the middle-class and working- class people are getting the breaks, but small businesses, too. too. we need to reach out to those important constituents which are important to the middle of the electorate. if democrats can turn that around, it will be a big improvement in 2012 and beyond. host: on twitter. guest: i believe there is a political reality and a policy reality. i believe with minority leader pelosi and most americans that large-scale been that cuts should be off the table. plan, itike the ryan is terrible. also terrible politically. if you want to have but $4 trillion granted deficit deal, there will have to be compromising. there prob
but there is a big difference between how people perceive small businesses and big corporations. small businesses are some of the most popular things in our polling. big corporations get 25% favorable. it is politically wise to go after the oil corporations and the big banks. they have been getting a break for years. but they need to make sure that they are not paying too broadly of russia's anti-business. they want to major that none of the middle-class and working- class people are getting...
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and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the debt deadline draws closer and closer yet republicans are stepping farther and farther away from the negotiating table the republican party actually forced the united states into default just to protect their billionaire billionaire buddies are well more moderate voices in the party and as much as the republicans would like to argue how corporate taxes are destroying our economy truth be told there are not the truth about corporate taxes will be revealed in rides alone liberal rubble. you need to know this another day another step closer to default and enough another debt limit negotiations set for this week and every state yesterday president obama squashed the idea of a short term debt limit increase killing republican hopes to kick the can down the road and going to election year on republicans would have even more leverage and then called for another meeting later this week with congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle to reach a long term debt limit deal a deal president obama is pushing for includes closing tax
and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the debt deadline draws closer and closer yet republicans are stepping farther and farther away from the negotiating table the republican party actually forced the united states into default just to protect their billionaire billionaire buddies are well more moderate voices in the party and as much as the republicans would like to argue how corporate taxes are destroying our economy truth be told there are not the truth about corporate...
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there is big cracks in the ground where they were just little cracks. and it is just getting worse. >> unbelievable. another sign of the worsening drought this week is ponds evaporate, ranchers are selling their cattle early at a loss. this is likely to translate into higher food prices for all of us. >>> just three days until possible default and still no solution in sight. the u.s. senate rejected a u.s. house plan to raise the debt ceiling last night. and in just a few minutes or so, the house is expected to block a senate plan to raise the debt ceiling. democrats and republicans continue to spar on capitol hill. >> this is not a crisis which we couldn't control. this isn't an earthquake or a tornado or a hurricane. it isn't a war. it is a created political crisis. the extension of the debt ceiling has been done routinely 89 times since 1939, 55 times by republican presidents, 34 times by democratic presidents, and president ronald reagan holds the record having extended the debt ceiling 18 times in eight years without a confrontation, without the am
there is big cracks in the ground where they were just little cracks. and it is just getting worse. >> unbelievable. another sign of the worsening drought this week is ponds evaporate, ranchers are selling their cattle early at a loss. this is likely to translate into higher food prices for all of us. >>> just three days until possible default and still no solution in sight. the u.s. senate rejected a u.s. house plan to raise the debt ceiling last night. and in just a few minutes...
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on tarp is a big. i know you're in a devastating oil spill in the united states last week a pipeline belonging to exxon mobil underneath the yellowstone river ruptured spewing tons of crude into that notable waterway at first the company downplayed the area of contamination after read salmon in the spill over the weekend now it appears that over forty two thousand gallons of oil have coated more than ten miles of the old stone river choking wildlife and slipping the river brings at all marks to national treasures blackened by crude in the last two years so how many more until we get the message and kick big oil out of our nation's energy portfolio or at the very least how many wall accidents will it take for us to realize the oil industry can't control itself and maybe it's even time to nationalize it to prevent further ecological and economic damage to our nation trying to talk about this issue as matthew data veteran journalist and author of the new book subversion nk athey welcome welcome welcome to
on tarp is a big. i know you're in a devastating oil spill in the united states last week a pipeline belonging to exxon mobil underneath the yellowstone river ruptured spewing tons of crude into that notable waterway at first the company downplayed the area of contamination after read salmon in the spill over the weekend now it appears that over forty two thousand gallons of oil have coated more than ten miles of the old stone river choking wildlife and slipping the river brings at all marks to...
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going all in just to lose big so as new green card lottery winners are chosen did the u.s. state department gamble with lives. good evening it's monday july eighteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lister in your watching our t.v. now we knew rupert murdoch was taking heat with the scandal rocking his media empire but then shocking news this afternoon that his body was found dead it was a hoax brought to the world by the hacking group. that look at this they reach a rock to the home page of murdoch's newspaper the sun to a fake story about murdoch found dead from a drug overdose and they were tweeting all the way look at what they said they said arrest us we dare you we are the unstoppable hacking generation and you are a wasted old sack of a word i cannot say murdock row row row fight the power now they also were engaged in some other high jinx the sun's website rejected to their twitter feed they tweeted about it saying that it was just that saying hello everyone that wanted to visit the sun how is your day good good to have a little fun there but yet one po
going all in just to lose big so as new green card lottery winners are chosen did the u.s. state department gamble with lives. good evening it's monday july eighteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lister in your watching our t.v. now we knew rupert murdoch was taking heat with the scandal rocking his media empire but then shocking news this afternoon that his body was found dead it was a hoax brought to the world by the hacking group. that look at this they reach a rock to the...
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go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> up next the policy challenges with jared bernstein. later, tim pawlenty continues to talk tough in iowa. that's in the rewrite. >>> congress now has one week left to act. there's still pass forward. the senate introduced a plan to avoid default which makes a down payment and ensures we don't have to go through this again in six months. i think that's a much better approach, although serious deficit reduction would still require us to tackle the tough challenges of entitlement and tax reform. >> that was the president addressing the nation from the east room earlier this evening. joining me now is jerrold bernstein, the former chief economist to vice president biden. he's currently a senior fellow at the center on budget and policy priorities and an msnbc contributor. jared, first of all, let's talk about the policies now that came out on what is called the reid plan in which there's no revenue increases at all. that's the latest compro
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that is a big deal, sean. we have to be careful of that happening. >> talking about a trillion dollars in new revenue. here's the new fuzzy dc math the way it works. >> if 94 was such a terrible failure republicans control the congress for the next 12 years bush for 8 a dismal failure and pals in 2008 won the congress for two years then it quickly switched back again to the republicans. that wasn't a failure that was a great success. the failure is going to happen. in the next 13 days if the republicans buckle. look what happened in minnesota? a friends of mine. >> friend of yours? >> golfing friends of yours. >> yeah. >> so far the house has been great. are they going to hold the line? i don't think they can do it. >> john boehner's backbone is the tea party. he is a chromian backbone with the tea party. he knows if he compromises he is out of the speaker ship next year and paul rhines will be the speaker. >> if there's no compromise he will be out of office. if they want the government to work -- >> republic
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how big a government do we want? we don't want to use the opportunity presented by the president's request of us to raise the debt ceiling to freeze in perpetuity this much government. i don't think the american people want it. i don't think it's good for the economy. >> bret: so is a big deal, $4 trillion deal off the table? >> i think it is. everything they told me and the speaker is to get a big package would require big tax increases in the middle of the economic situation that is extraordinarily difficult with 9.2% unemployment. we think it's a terrible idea. it's a job-killer. >> bret: you mention the unemployment rate. it came out friday, 9.2%. uptick, 18,000 jobs only created in june. in your opinion how much has the jobs report affected negotiations? >> well, it incentivizes to us do a big package without raising taxes, but unfortunately, i think the president is not thinking the same thing he did six months ago when the economy didn't seem to me as bad as it is today and he was making arguments of raising t
how big a government do we want? we don't want to use the opportunity presented by the president's request of us to raise the debt ceiling to freeze in perpetuity this much government. i don't think the american people want it. i don't think it's good for the economy. >> bret: so is a big deal, $4 trillion deal off the table? >> i think it is. everything they told me and the speaker is to get a big package would require big tax increases in the middle of the economic situation that...
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. >> greg: this guy is a big harry reid supporters. this is what happens when a democrat gets a taste of the liberal idea. it's okay to vote for it and then it starts affecting you. then all of a sudden he talks about fear of regulation, fear of healthcare cost, poor of redistribution. he's no longer a harry reid supporter, he is a tea party. >> kimberly: see how the transformation occurs? >> eric: we put together. look at the top three recipient of the casino political campaign contribution. you're 100% right, my friend. senator reid, number one. $300,000. that is well above the number two. all three of them, kim, -- what is the name? >> kimberly: that is why the comments he is making are so credible. he is sumone who supported the democrats and he has the courage to say listen, i don't think that obama is doing the right job here. he said he would in fact hire, he wants to hire but he is prohibited from doing so by the administration and by the obama policy that he finds too much ambiguity. >> bob: i'm not laughing at you. i'm laughi
. >> greg: this guy is a big harry reid supporters. this is what happens when a democrat gets a taste of the liberal idea. it's okay to vote for it and then it starts affecting you. then all of a sudden he talks about fear of regulation, fear of healthcare cost, poor of redistribution. he's no longer a harry reid supporter, he is a tea party. >> kimberly: see how the transformation occurs? >> eric: we put together. look at the top three recipient of the casino political...
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i'm not really a big fan of that sort of thing. so, here we are at freedomfest and i found there were two kinds of people who come to freedomfest. there are those who are so busy that they come in and they are lucky to be here a day or two. then they have got to go and they have got to do this or that, what have you. especially speakers. there really are two kinds of speakers. we encourage speakers to come and spend all three days at freedomfest and just relax and go to sessions that have nothing to do with what they do normally in business. you just take it as a break away from finance. if you are a finance person, go to the arts and literature and science and technology. we have music here with bob gruenberg and the teaching company, number one teacher. that room should be packed. it was about half full when he talked about it in disguise the number one teacher. he has 28 courses on classical music. i'm hoping on saturday he is in the same room and palace three, four and five. bob gruenberg is going to talk about music that has c
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big stimulus bucks on diversity manuals, public schools in nebraska and wait until you hear what is in them. a new california law requiring schools to teach gay history. plus, get the chips ready and the beers on ice. it looks like we'll have a football season after all. "the five" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> eric: did you hear? president obama says you're okay with them raising your taxes. >> this is not an issue of salesmanship to the american people. the american people are sold. >> eric: i don't ever recall saying go ahead and raise my taxes, mr. president. but obama is the one who says he is -- what did he say? add extra hundreds of thousands of dollars. raise his taxes. don't raise our taxes. >> bob: you and he are in the same income range. what he was talking about was the american people are sold when the polls show that they say should you tax wealthy people to help bring the deficit down? overwhelmingly the american people say yes. he was exactly right. obama says i make a lot of money and i should pay some of that money, more money for the deficit. the rich get richer and t
big stimulus bucks on diversity manuals, public schools in nebraska and wait until you hear what is in them. a new california law requiring schools to teach gay history. plus, get the chips ready and the beers on ice. it looks like we'll have a football season after all. "the five" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> eric: did you hear? president obama says you're okay with them raising your taxes. >> this is not an issue of salesmanship to the american people. the american...
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. >> mark zandi, we can pass august 2nd and it won't be a big deal. i'll give you a few seconds to look them in the eye and say, you're wrong. >> yeah, i think you're wrong. now, of course, i don't know for sure. this is unprecedented but there is a $23 billion social security payment due on august 3rd that is not at all clear that there will be enough cash in the treasury to make that payment. so i think david is right. why would you want to take that chance? tp doesn't make sense. not for the social security recipients or for the economy or entire global financial system. >> david walker, the president meets with speaker boehner over the weekend and they are clearly not making any tangible progress. the house will go forward this week and senate will most likely vote on a balanced budget amendment and some other things that simply, to be honest, can't pass or even if they did pass the president would veto. they will move to the mcconnell plan and convince the republicans that they have your vote. do those votes undermine confidence in the market in
. >> mark zandi, we can pass august 2nd and it won't be a big deal. i'll give you a few seconds to look them in the eye and say, you're wrong. >> yeah, i think you're wrong. now, of course, i don't know for sure. this is unprecedented but there is a $23 billion social security payment due on august 3rd that is not at all clear that there will be enough cash in the treasury to make that payment. so i think david is right. why would you want to take that chance? tp doesn't make sense....
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big deal. you're delicious. so what. i've got news for you. there's no such thing... ...as a bear sheriff. you think i'm afraid of you? hey what? you don't have to be mean to the cake. i do. you don't. i do. just eat yoplait light. they have great flavors like... boston cream pie, raspberry cheesecake. even though i work here, i've lost weight. wow. yeah. carry on. (announcer) 28 delicious flavors at around 100 calories each. a man can only try... and try...and try. i heard eating whole grain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it's gonna be tough...so tough. my wife and i want to lower our cholesterol, but finding healthy food that tastes good is torturous. your father is suffering. [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and can help lower cholesterol. >> americans in london celebrated the fourth of july by unveiling a brand new statue. the likeness of president ronald reagan is part of doing his part ending the world war. >> americans celebrating independence day in grobner square. ronald reagan adorns this park. 100 years ago he
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obama made every effort and so did boehner, to get a big deal. now, boehner backed off my association to try and do it, but he did try to get a 4 trillion dollar deal and knew he couldn't get it from the caucus and by the way, obama couldn't get it from his. so, what they basically did, take it back where it belongs, which is in the congress. because this is the bill that's been voted on. >> it's going to end anyway, and it's going to end and they're agreeing, mandatory committee and it's going to be over and we'll talk about fun things. >> and i don't know if it'll get enough votes in the house of representatives. >> i do. >> this committee basically unconstitutionally removes from congress the ability to make decisions with respect to paying money. i'm saying unconstitutionally, the constitution says only the congress did far be it from me to challenge you go the constitution. >> paul ryan, has endorsed the republican plan and when he endorsed through the house of representatives, it gefs comfort they can go forward. >> also having worked in th
obama made every effort and so did boehner, to get a big deal. now, boehner backed off my association to try and do it, but he did try to get a 4 trillion dollar deal and knew he couldn't get it from the caucus and by the way, obama couldn't get it from his. so, what they basically did, take it back where it belongs, which is in the congress. because this is the bill that's been voted on. >> it's going to end anyway, and it's going to end and they're agreeing, mandatory committee and it's...
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there were good feature to it and the big deal is dead. now we're not going to let our country go into default and we will pass a six-month increase in the debt limit worth about 500 billion in cuts that have been agreed to by biden and others. and puss a six-month increase in the debt limit. and send it over to the senate and to the president. and let them decide the democratic senate, secretary president, whether they wish to put this government in default or who r whether they wish to put this go country into a position where half of it has to be shut down. put the full responsibility fon the side of the president and give him cuts and an increase in the debt limit. >> lit me interrepublican here. that would be the worst thing that kwn gres request k do. you know where that pults us, lights into the middle of the 2012 campaign kwh is exactly what these republicans want. the only reason theyling it to the fiscal conservatives is they are playing politics. >> congressman, you are a member of congress, congressman tet, how do they do that
there were good feature to it and the big deal is dead. now we're not going to let our country go into default and we will pass a six-month increase in the debt limit worth about 500 billion in cuts that have been agreed to by biden and others. and puss a six-month increase in the debt limit. and send it over to the senate and to the president. and let them decide the democratic senate, secretary president, whether they wish to put this government in default or who r whether they wish to put...
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coming out ideally taken all the united states can take our politics back from big maybe. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right. i think. even when the oil. whenever the government says to keep you safe get ready because their freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here so you saw the part of it and realized everything you thought you don't. charge is a big issue. yep that would be the good the bad and the very her pick is her book. ok let's start this over hard packed aphasia silly the good. guy out ten days after nine eleven by and was shot in the face by a white supremacist who went on a shooting rampage in a dallas gas station the aim of killing as many muslims as he could two of the muslim men were killed in a rampage a biologist barely survived what we now suffers from partial blindness as for the shooter mark anthony stroman he was scheduled to be executed for his crimes today in texas but there's a lawsuit here the last several months bayati has been petition
coming out ideally taken all the united states can take our politics back from big maybe. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right. i think. even when the oil. whenever the government says to keep you safe get ready because their freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here so you saw the part of it and realized everything you thought you don't. charge is a big issue. yep that would be the...
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>> i think mitch mcconnell holds a big club. i think in the end -- i had a conversation, i can't tell you who, but a conversation with a conservative but decent enough southern republican conservative senator. he said we are just this close. he thinks we are this close in agreement. he's not one of the six or seven or eight or ten best targets we think we have among republicans. we are eventually going to break this filibuster. i think they'll try their gimmicks. that is what mitch mcconnell lives on. we'll get this to happen. we'll send it back to the house. there, patriotism prevails. even most of the democrats, maybe 150, 160, 170, to join 50 republicans that, not the tea party, but the 50 reasonable republicans. >> do you want to give us the initials, maybe the state of that senator? >> i'm sorry? >> the state of the senator, just the initials? >> no. that would nail it down. i would say southern deep south, wrong side of the civil war. i'm not going to tell you the state. >> senator john thume laid out a plan. take a listen
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we have this big dome or big area of high pressure that's been sitting over the nation's mid-section in the east just baking. that's where you're seeing this heat building. this stretches miles into the atmosphere and that's why we call at it dome. it looks like those covers you put over your dinner plate. it looks like that. that cooler air finally drift southward. that's why we're seeing showers and thunderstorms along the cold front but make it feel better and boston and say new york city as we head into tomorrow. let's do show you a couple of those thunderstorms. here's our radar map to see where they have been blowing on through across the upper midwest, throughout the great lakes and cleveland just about to get hit there as well. a few of these thunderstorms can be severe, ton. mainly wind makers and maybe some hail. >> thank you, jacqui jeras. we have some developing news for you. working in washington where lawmakers and president obama are trying to reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling. there could possibly be some movement. what's going on? >> reporter: i'm standing in
we have this big dome or big area of high pressure that's been sitting over the nation's mid-section in the east just baking. that's where you're seeing this heat building. this stretches miles into the atmosphere and that's why we call at it dome. it looks like those covers you put over your dinner plate. it looks like that. that cooler air finally drift southward. that's why we're seeing showers and thunderstorms along the cold front but make it feel better and boston and say new york city as...
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look, it's not the big companies anymore that are engaged in international competition. it's the small and medium businesses that are, too. we just feel that if we keep taxing our job creators, our businesses, at higher rates than our foreign competitors are taxing theirs, it will cost us economic growth. more to the point, when we keep raising taxes in washington, for ephemeral promises that never materialize, we are not fixing the problem. >> let me get to that topic. the "wall street journal" says even the $600 billion in spending cuts in stage one are worth grabbing as part of a debt ceiling vote. more broadly, democrats in the gang are making a big concession by saying the tax rate should go down, not up. >> i agree with that. >> even obama-care must be reformed. why not grab what you can? >> that's what i want to do. >> and worry about reducing the taxes down the road. >> i think that's what we're going to do. >> if they don't materialize, you can revert and raise taxes down the road. >> i think that's what we should do is grab the kind of spending cuts we can righ
look, it's not the big companies anymore that are engaged in international competition. it's the small and medium businesses that are, too. we just feel that if we keep taxing our job creators, our businesses, at higher rates than our foreign competitors are taxing theirs, it will cost us economic growth. more to the point, when we keep raising taxes in washington, for ephemeral promises that never materialize, we are not fixing the problem. >> let me get to that topic. the "wall...
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jewish whether you like it can we just i mean it's did you even stroke as obama's image is the truth big brother would like to know i would like to ask you about mormons if you don't mind you famously got catholics in the k.k.k. but that was just catholics who've been through as asian flowers as ation the fact that a grand champion was a cow but no it wasn't planned thirty five years ago i know i thought that was the time you brought women into early. years ago but you know he didn't get this brought up an air reinterviewed program you were going on no i said that i thought this was going to happen and david i'm sorry as our take our backyard forget a lot around the world the k.k.k. are you worried about mitt romney and jon huntsman being warman's are you ok with the whole mormon thing i'm worried about mitt romney are. being controlled by these zionist interests i'm worried about the fact that they don't pay sucked in this country is being basically invaded noble wilm and massive immigration i worry about the fact that none of them have the guts to stand up to defend the so. all rights
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in other words, cuts to the big three. and, number five, of course, is the big one for republicans -- no tax hikes. boehner's plan is nothing but cut, cap, and balance, wrapped in a brand-new package and tried to be sold to the american people tonight. if you look at it side-by-side comparison, the two plans, boehner is a fool not to take reid's package. boehner's plan has 1.2 trillion in cuts. reid more than doubles the number with $2.7 trillion in cuts. so who's the honest player here? boehner has two debt limit votes and reid has one. let's get it done. reid's plan also has deep cuts to the pentagon budget, and it assumes that the wars are going to eventually end in iraq and afghanistan on a date, right? now, boehner's problem with the reid plan is that it takes the big three right off the table. and, of course, the real republican two-step is to kill the new deal and defeat of president obama and create more opportunities for more tax breaks at the top. neither one of these plans tonight, it must be pointed out that th
in other words, cuts to the big three. and, number five, of course, is the big one for republicans -- no tax hikes. boehner's plan is nothing but cut, cap, and balance, wrapped in a brand-new package and tried to be sold to the american people tonight. if you look at it side-by-side comparison, the two plans, boehner is a fool not to take reid's package. boehner's plan has 1.2 trillion in cuts. reid more than doubles the number with $2.7 trillion in cuts. so who's the honest player here?...
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lawrence, our government is too big. we have a government that spends too much, and we're bankrupting future generations, and we're not going to change that until we change this town. >> congressman walsh, you know that the government got bigger every year under the reagan presidency, so much bigger every year under the reagan presidency that ronald reagan had to ask you in congress, you weren't there, but congress, he had to ask congress for a debt ceiling increase 18 times, and congress gave him a debt ceiling increase 18 times. would you have voted no on every one of the 18 ronald reagan debt ceiling increases? >> lawrence, i'll give you an honest answer, i don't know. what's interesting to me is -- >> so there might have been a debt ceiling increase you might have voted for, just not a obama debt ceiling increase. >> 20 or 30 years ago, who knows. what i find interesting -- you're right in your history, why is the debt ceiling such a big issue now? and i guess my answer would be is because the crisis is so big, one,
lawrence, our government is too big. we have a government that spends too much, and we're bankrupting future generations, and we're not going to change that until we change this town. >> congressman walsh, you know that the government got bigger every year under the reagan presidency, so much bigger every year under the reagan presidency that ronald reagan had to ask you in congress, you weren't there, but congress, he had to ask congress for a debt ceiling increase 18 times, and congress...
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she thought it was no big deal. as she walked into the clinic, something odd happened. another girl looked at her and said all babies want to be born. she ignored her. your baby had a heart. she thought this was propaganda. your baby has fingernails. that was odd. she walked into the abortion clinic and sat down. she glanced around and couldn't help that everyone was playing with their fingernails. tapping them, she thought fingernails, i have a life growing inside of me. she walked out of the abortion clinic. that was the end of the story. let me ask you this. how many remember the statistic that you gave you about a minute and a half go? how many of you remember what prompted jane? everybody remembers. fingernails. even though of you who remember the statistic 1,465,000. they have abandoned as an emotional tool. we think that intellectual argument trumps emotion. you hear it on talk radio all the time. we have -- of all of the logical arguments, we have all of the facts on our side. they rely on emotion all the time. yeah, well, because it works. we need to start taki
she thought it was no big deal. as she walked into the clinic, something odd happened. another girl looked at her and said all babies want to be born. she ignored her. your baby had a heart. she thought this was propaganda. your baby has fingernails. that was odd. she walked into the abortion clinic and sat down. she glanced around and couldn't help that everyone was playing with their fingernails. tapping them, she thought fingernails, i have a life growing inside of me. she walked out of the...
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i'm sorry is a big issue. for . the good the bad and the very her papers her book. ok let's start this over packed aphasia silly ugly good. bye out ten days after nine eleven by and was shot in the face by a white supremacist who went to a shooting rampage in a dallas gas station the aim of killing as many muslims as he could to other muslim men were killed in the rampage but biologists barely survived although we know suffers from partial blindness as for the shooter marc anthony stroman he was scheduled to be executed for his crimes today in texas but there's a loss in your last several months biology has been petitioning the state to save strawman's life why because his muslim faith does not call for revenge as we on told the new york times if they hurt you don't take revenge or give them move on it will bring something good to you and my islamic faith teaches. this well let's hope this story silences those who are trying to spread is on the for around america the bad there are lies a republican chairman of the house oversight committee and former small time crim
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nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it is in areas it shouldn't be. if you read the constitution, you also read the enumerated powers which gives limited powers to the federal government and specifically states everything not listed here is reserved for the people in the states. the reason we have a $3.6 trillion, $3.7 trillion budget, is a trillion and a half of that or more is stuff that's not our responsibility in the first place. sho look, i'm one of the few republicans that stands up and says i think we need to eliminate some of these tax loopholes, but i t
nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it...
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nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it is in areas it shouldn't be. if you read the constitution, you also read the enumerated powers which gives limited powers to the federal government and specifically states everything not listed here is reserved for the people in the states. the reason we have a $3.6 trillion, $3.7 trillion budget, is a trillion and a half of that or more is stuff that's not our responsibility in the first place. sho look, i'm one of the few republicans that stands up and says i think we need to eliminate some of these tax loopholes, but i t
nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it...
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it's a big sum of money. so we spend it in our expenditure levels, defense department, all the way through the agriculture department, everything in between, and we forgive or don't collect the same amount in the tax code. so who benefits from that? well, let's look at the basics. 70% of american taxpayers do not itemize on their tax returns. they file the standard return. they don't itemize. so the tax code doesn't mean anything to them. if there is a special deduction, unless it was a refundable tax credit -- rare category -- it doesn't help them. 70% of americans don't touch it. what are the biggest deductions under the u.s. tax code today? i in all my wisdom and education and experience on capitol hill, i raised my hand to the teacher and said well, it's the mortgage interest deduction, right? wrong. the biggest single deduction is the employers exclusion for health care premiums. so employers are able to exclude from income the amount of money they spend for health insurance for their employees. that's t
it's a big sum of money. so we spend it in our expenditure levels, defense department, all the way through the agriculture department, everything in between, and we forgive or don't collect the same amount in the tax code. so who benefits from that? well, let's look at the basics. 70% of american taxpayers do not itemize on their tax returns. they file the standard return. they don't itemize. so the tax code doesn't mean anything to them. if there is a special deduction, unless it was a...
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days if somebody's going somebody up they tend to be muslim i'm going to be again most of the last big bomb threat that we had in the united states was a white guy in washington state who tried to kill a bunch of gay people and actually was after americans in washington's. it was the martin luther king day parade at bats that's the kind of terrorism that we're facing and that again is a good place for guys not profiling you know that the majority of the of the terrorist incidents that we've had the united states since one nine hundred eighty have been by white guys but in any case t.j. thanks a lot for being with us tonight say it's nice or do we demand we should commiserate more often it's ok. business is thank you business insider magazine recently ranks u.s. airlines as t.j. point as a six man with the most hated company in america by kicking people out their planes for taking pictures doesn't look like u.s. airways is helping their case. three years ago a two year old little girl in florida died also three years ago crooks on wall street swindled the middle class of america out of
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they actually are getting a big victory here. and frankly if they weren't here, it wouldn't be happening. there is the first debt ceiling where there will be spending cuts some of magnitude accompanying them. i give them both the present and particularly john boehner credit for that. it wouldn't happen without tea party members. he was elected unanimously as the republican leader. he had every republican vote for speaker. that is something leader pelosi couldn't do in the special election. i think the party is united behind the speaker. i think he will give us a deal and we'll be fine. >> i'm glad you sa said that congressman. every night i learn that from a republican. because you voted three times to raise the debt ceiling. >> i did. >> now you say this is the first time that it is doing something. so it just makes me wonder why you voted before. thank you congressman tom cole, republican from oklahoma. thank for your time. >> thank you. >> joining me now, is independent senator from vermont. bernie sanders. senator, you heard
they actually are getting a big victory here. and frankly if they weren't here, it wouldn't be happening. there is the first debt ceiling where there will be spending cuts some of magnitude accompanying them. i give them both the present and particularly john boehner credit for that. it wouldn't happen without tea party members. he was elected unanimously as the republican leader. he had every republican vote for speaker. that is something leader pelosi couldn't do in the special election. i...
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three, which is big for the base, big for people on fixed incomes, and it would not increase revenue. and it would cut what you're talking about, the possibility of job creation, because we're taking too much out of the economy. how could this be viewed as a win for the president? >> i don't think it would be a win. it's a win only relative to what the republicans are proposing. but if you save social security and medicare and medicaid, that's great. but if you take $2.7 trillion out of the economy, and if you do it soon, unfortunately, then you're going to have a tremendous problem. if you don't raise taxes on the rich, where are those cuts going too to come from? they're going to come from education, from infrastructure, from basic r&d. from all the things you need to grow the economy and create jobs. >> and of course, if we go back to the old tax rates, before the bush tax cuts, we would be looking at $4 trillion into the treasury over the next decade, is that correct? >> of course we would. look, i was very proud, i was a member of the clinton administration. we ended the clinton
three, which is big for the base, big for people on fixed incomes, and it would not increase revenue. and it would cut what you're talking about, the possibility of job creation, because we're taking too much out of the economy. how could this be viewed as a win for the president? >> i don't think it would be a win. it's a win only relative to what the republicans are proposing. but if you save social security and medicare and medicaid, that's great. but if you take $2.7 trillion out of...
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after the break why big oil means big money for the republican party especially one particular freshman republican. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right here in the us. i think the bombings feed on the oil. we have the government says to the keep you safe get ready because of the freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you don't i'm sorry this is the. other year in a devastating oil spill in the united states last week a pipeline belonging to exxon mobil underneath the yellowstone river ruptured spewing tons of crude into that notable waterway at first the company downplayed the area of contamination after reexamining the spill over the weekend and now it appears that over forty two thousand gallons of oil coated more than ten miles of the yellowstone river choking wildlife and slipping in the river banks that now march to national treasures whack and buy crude allies two years so how many more until we get the messa
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indeed, that would just give a blank check to the big spenders. they could run for two years. and why is it so important to get a longer debt, bigger debt ceiling increase? and i also thought and believe we have an agreement that the debt ceiling shouldn't be increased more than spending is decreaseed. spending decreased over ten years. you cut $1 trillion, you raise the debt ceiling $1 trillion. we give you ten years on spending cuts, but immediately you get a $1 trillion increase in the debt ceiling. why are we in this fix? this is why. i hate to say it. this is why, there is no doubt about it. the president said last week the only bottom line that i have is that we extend this debt ceiling through the next election until
indeed, that would just give a blank check to the big spenders. they could run for two years. and why is it so important to get a longer debt, bigger debt ceiling increase? and i also thought and believe we have an agreement that the debt ceiling shouldn't be increased more than spending is decreaseed. spending decreased over ten years. you cut $1 trillion, you raise the debt ceiling $1 trillion. we give you ten years on spending cuts, but immediately you get a $1 trillion increase in the debt...
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it is a big problem. i don't know why anyone who isn't an elected republican can't talk seriously about social is security and medicare and medicaid. according to obama's own treasury secretary are going to consume within 10 years, 92 cents of every federal budget dollar. that isn't a system that can last. yet, a majority of americans say don't touch social security. don't touch medicare this is what the democrats are saying. that's why you keep having these -- remember rudd man and the concorde coalition? no elected politician, republican or democrat will talk about reforming social security. >> sean: we always get the tax increases, spending cuts, reagan never came, george her burt walker bush, they never come. the idea they are going to hand it over, it is not going to happen. -- you raised a more fundamental question why they need to stand strong here. that is, philosophically, we've become -- look what happens when they put austerity measures in place in europe. look at what happened to greece. if we
it is a big problem. i don't know why anyone who isn't an elected republican can't talk seriously about social is security and medicare and medicaid. according to obama's own treasury secretary are going to consume within 10 years, 92 cents of every federal budget dollar. that isn't a system that can last. yet, a majority of americans say don't touch social security. don't touch medicare this is what the democrats are saying. that's why you keep having these -- remember rudd man and the...
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the big oil companies getting a handout. it's much easier to retain that benefit and it's very difficult to save medicare. it's a simple majority that can end medicare. many of us go home every week, others as frequently as they can because of the distance they have to travel to get to their districts, and we're greeted by signs like this. hands off my medicare. and it's no wonder because what we've seen yesterday was the third attempt in this few months of the 112th congress, to end medicare. three votes, one with a republican study committee, one with the ryan plan, the path to prosperity which we have redesignated the road to ruin and yesterday with the cut, slash, and burn attempt. i won't get into the nomenclature because it's inappropriate and misrepresenting what would really happen. yesterday we had a vote on this floor to make it easy to end medicare and easy to maintain handouts to the oil company. when we look at the dollars that are saved by ending medicare, we see where they somehow are transitioned over to tax
the big oil companies getting a handout. it's much easier to retain that benefit and it's very difficult to save medicare. it's a simple majority that can end medicare. many of us go home every week, others as frequently as they can because of the distance they have to travel to get to their districts, and we're greeted by signs like this. hands off my medicare. and it's no wonder because what we've seen yesterday was the third attempt in this few months of the 112th congress, to end medicare....
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there is no time to get something this big done before the august 2 deadline. it literally cannot be passed through the senate in time even if everybody likes it. the other rainbow/sunshine problem here is the president and the senate agreeing on this or anything doesn't get you further towards raising the debt ceiling, it's not just the president and the senate, it's crazy town down the hallway too, it's john boehner's republican house, that likes the idea of the nation defaulting, that thinks the explosion of the economy might be pretty or at least warm for a second. they are not looking for a good deal or achieve particular policy objectives, regardless of what they get, they are not going to vote to raise the debt ceiling. the republicans who are running for president from the house of representatives, for example, are not saying don't raise the debt ceiling unless, don't raise the debt ceiling until, they are saying don't raise the debt ceiling at all. let's see what happens. this is how republican congresswoman michele bachmann's first presidential campai
there is no time to get something this big done before the august 2 deadline. it literally cannot be passed through the senate in time even if everybody likes it. the other rainbow/sunshine problem here is the president and the senate agreeing on this or anything doesn't get you further towards raising the debt ceiling, it's not just the president and the senate, it's crazy town down the hallway too, it's john boehner's republican house, that likes the idea of the nation defaulting, that thinks...
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apple wuss big, then it -- was big, then it went away for a while, then it was back again. so it should be obvious that the 1980s is back, and for various reasons i argue in the book, it is back. and i don't think it's just because of the nostalgia factor although that's certainly a factor. also there's some coincidences. i had mentioned on my radio show a couple days ago that the weird coincidence, although you may see it not just as a coincidence, that 25 years ago almost to the exact week and, certainly, to the exact month the united states military was bombing libya, and the world was wrapped with the detention about a nuclear meltdown at chernobyl. those two things happened almost exactly 25 years ago to the month. so as much of this is pop culture, some of it is very, very real. and what i argue in the book is that the popular culture of the 1980s, the iconography of the 1980s in many ways has inspired the way we hook at real world -- look at real world events and how real world, i guess you would call them actors, behave today. so here are just, again, some examples,
apple wuss big, then it -- was big, then it went away for a while, then it was back again. so it should be obvious that the 1980s is back, and for various reasons i argue in the book, it is back. and i don't think it's just because of the nostalgia factor although that's certainly a factor. also there's some coincidences. i had mentioned on my radio show a couple days ago that the weird coincidence, although you may see it not just as a coincidence, that 25 years ago almost to the exact week...
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big government and big banks have failed us. the crushing weight of the potential markets have yet to be fixed. that has helped to inhibit the ability of the american people to move forward. it is never a failure of the american people. that is not why we are having the difficulties we are having. it is the failure of governments to affect the larger institutions. for a period of time, you are about something that is too big to fail. they already have. they continue to drag down the ability of the american people to move forward. it is a change to actual leadership and a change to bring government into the 21st century, a realization that what has happened on wall street has failed. allow the american people to six those problems and moved forward. for the republicans, everything in the world is moving toward empower you to make more and more of your own decisions. it is what the basis of the free republic is. it is the basis of voluntary community organizations. these are the things that are happening. the only concern people h
big government and big banks have failed us. the crushing weight of the potential markets have yet to be fixed. that has helped to inhibit the ability of the american people to move forward. it is never a failure of the american people. that is not why we are having the difficulties we are having. it is the failure of governments to affect the larger institutions. for a period of time, you are about something that is too big to fail. they already have. they continue to drag down the ability of...
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i'm not a big fan of the joint committee. but remember, this is probably going to be as good of an outcome as we can get, and most of us will have to accept things we don't like in the final product. >> senator mccaskill, you were in your office yesterday. we have pictures of you on the phone talking to constituents. and you sent out a tweet during the day that caught my eye -- "just spent a couple hours answering the phone in my office. dominant message, don't cut social security or medicare and compromise." and yet, the big fight we know right now is over the enforcement mechanism. again, more washington talk. what it means is you cut a certain amount up front to raise the debt ceiling, and then there's a second stage of cuts that comes, and there is this committee that tries to agree on those cuts. and if you don't do it over this ten-year span, something forces congress's hand. so, how do you not put social security benefits or medicare benefits into that potential enforcement mechanism when they're what are driving the d
i'm not a big fan of the joint committee. but remember, this is probably going to be as good of an outcome as we can get, and most of us will have to accept things we don't like in the final product. >> senator mccaskill, you were in your office yesterday. we have pictures of you on the phone talking to constituents. and you sent out a tweet during the day that caught my eye -- "just spent a couple hours answering the phone in my office. dominant message, don't cut social security or...
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. >>> we know the budget, going into these big ticket items. how would you really reduce the spending, but getting rid of something big? in the trillion-dollar level? what would you get rid of? >> i was one of the folks last week who introduced an amendment that said, let's at least freeze defense spendsing. i did that. it's not a very popular thing for a republican to do. i like defense, it's important to me. i think constituency in my state. we did that. we only got 65 democrats and only 70 republicans. i'm willing to put everything on the table to be serious about spending reductions. >> what do we do about the big entitlements that go through the roof as people get older and older. you can't limit the number of people turning 65 by law. how do you deal with the cost increase? >> let's start by being honest with ourselves. i think the president did that this week. if you read his veto message about cut, cap and balance, he says the only reasons he opposes a balanced budget amendment is that it prevents us from keeping our promises to the sen
. >>> we know the budget, going into these big ticket items. how would you really reduce the spending, but getting rid of something big? in the trillion-dollar level? what would you get rid of? >> i was one of the folks last week who introduced an amendment that said, let's at least freeze defense spendsing. i did that. it's not a very popular thing for a republican to do. i like defense, it's important to me. i think constituency in my state. we did that. we only got 65...
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the next big day is august 15th or 16th when a big interest payment comes due. so pat toomey is saying he wants to prioritize interest payments on our bonds, then social security and sort of go in that direction. there are a lot of people who said the credit agencies have said this, ben bernanke has said this, default is default. if you are going to get a downgrade just because you pay your bondholders doesn't mean you won't get a downgrade. the downgrade could affect interest rates. it may be the same effect in the interesting. interesting, suzanne. i don't know whether pat toomey, what he's suggesting can have legal authority. i know that treasury is prioritizing. on august 3rd, if they don't have the money to pay all the bills, they have to make decisions as to which bills they're paying. >> is it possible to avert a financial crisis? maybe this is a big unknown, if they decide we're going to pay for this first or is it still going to be in a default situation? >> remember, there's is a technical part of this. if you don't pay by this day, they report you to
the next big day is august 15th or 16th when a big interest payment comes due. so pat toomey is saying he wants to prioritize interest payments on our bonds, then social security and sort of go in that direction. there are a lot of people who said the credit agencies have said this, ben bernanke has said this, default is default. if you are going to get a downgrade just because you pay your bondholders doesn't mean you won't get a downgrade. the downgrade could affect interest rates. it may be...
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what is interesting, there is a big human cry on the cost of this program. back in 1980 -- i know that is a long time ago -- but back in 1980 the cost had grown to about $4.50 billion in current terms and half a million people were going through the program. that was a different time in this economy. that is when the steel, textiles, and auto industries were hit very hard. there have been a lot of reforms since then -- 1981, 2002, and again in 2009, that has really tightened the program. we are down to about 200,000 people, through the program right now at a cost of about a billion dollars. the program really has been reduced over time and has been really tightened to make sure that the program results and real adjustment and not just some compensation to workers who are losing their jobs. >host: according to the labor department, the eligibility requirements to get the trade adjustment act -- all requirements must be met. hours and wages reduced to 80% or less of weekly average. workers have been totally or partially laid off. sales or production have decli
what is interesting, there is a big human cry on the cost of this program. back in 1980 -- i know that is a long time ago -- but back in 1980 the cost had grown to about $4.50 billion in current terms and half a million people were going through the program. that was a different time in this economy. that is when the steel, textiles, and auto industries were hit very hard. there have been a lot of reforms since then -- 1981, 2002, and again in 2009, that has really tightened the program. we are...
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about the big picture i'm tom arbonne coming up in this half hour the g.o.p. opposed the new budget once again safeguarding their wealthy buddies while cutting benefits for the middle class so who is the man.
about the big picture i'm tom arbonne coming up in this half hour the g.o.p. opposed the new budget once again safeguarding their wealthy buddies while cutting benefits for the middle class so who is the man.
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that's a big piece in the budget. until we push through that and get folks back to work and the economy back own track, focusing on the deficit will only, only further push our economy in the wrong direction, and my biggest fear right now is that if we do -- if the things work out in the way that it seems to be every morning when i get up and read the paper and get mad over my kitchen table, and as things go that way and cut in spending, and if we don't invest more money in unemployment insurance, if there's not a deal to cut spending, that's only going to raise unemployment. it's only going to lead to a worsening of our situation which will in turn just exacerbate the deficit budget. we're on a downward spiral and thanks to the leadership of congressman levin and senator franken, hopefully we'll continue to go in that direction. >> can i ask a question? >> sure. >> there's a program called american bonds, and over 100 million bonds have been used in its infrastructure, and you know somebody got up on the floor of the
that's a big piece in the budget. until we push through that and get folks back to work and the economy back own track, focusing on the deficit will only, only further push our economy in the wrong direction, and my biggest fear right now is that if we do -- if the things work out in the way that it seems to be every morning when i get up and read the paper and get mad over my kitchen table, and as things go that way and cut in spending, and if we don't invest more money in unemployment...
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. >> announcer: this past year alone there's been a 67% spike in companies embracing the cloud-- big clouds, small ones, public, private, even hybrid. your data and apps must move easily and securely to reach many clouds, not just one. that's why the network that connects, protects, and lets your data move fearlessly through the clouds means more than ever. >>> i'm with your krpt nx market wrap. another batch of updeceit earnings not enough to offset dismal economic numbers and lingering fears about the debt debac debacle. the dow jones industrial tumbling. and absolutely dangerous, how one investor described the atmosphere on wall street today telling cnbc the problem is the market reacts to two thing. greed and fear. right now there's no greed in the air, only fear. a lot of that fear based on the ongoing debate in washington over raising the debt ceiling and cutting the deficit. aps an anemic reading on gdp growth, weaker than expected 1.3% while first quarter numbers were prevised to lower to a paltry 0.4%. over a rough week for the market. all major indices giving up between 3.5
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three, which is big for the base, big for people on fixed incomes, and it would not increase revenue. and it would cut what you're talking about, the possibility of job creation, because we're taking too much out of the economy. how could this be viewed as a win for the president? >> well, i don't think it would be a win. it's a win only relative to what the republicans are proposing. but if you save social security and medicare and medicaid, that's great. but if you take $2.7 trillion out of the economy, and if you do it soon, unfortunately, then you're going to have a tremendous problem. if you don't raise taxes on the rich, where are those cuts going too to come from? they're going to come from education, from infrastructure, from basic r&d. from all the things that you need to grow the economy and create jobs. >> and of course, if we go back to the old tax rates, before the bush tax cuts, we would be looking at $4 trillion into the treasury over the next decade, is that correct? >> of course we would. look, i was very proud, i was a member of the clinton administration. we ended
three, which is big for the base, big for people on fixed incomes, and it would not increase revenue. and it would cut what you're talking about, the possibility of job creation, because we're taking too much out of the economy. how could this be viewed as a win for the president? >> well, i don't think it would be a win. it's a win only relative to what the republicans are proposing. but if you save social security and medicare and medicaid, that's great. but if you take $2.7 trillion...